Tarique Rahman’s plan to return from exile and seek power threatens to derail the spirit of Bangladesh’s revolution that ended Sheikh Hasina’s rule. The student-led movement was driven by demands for honesty, justice and an end to corruption, not a revival of the old political elite.
Rahman has long been accused of graft and described by U.S. diplomats as a symbol of corrupt government. His years abroad avoiding charges show why he is unfit to lead a new Bangladesh.
The country’s young people want change built on transparency and accountability, not recycled leadership. Rahman should stay in the United Kingdom and let the next generation shape the democracy they fought to restore.